Company Analysis

Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc. (UPC)

Nasdaq: UPC · Pharmaceutical Preparations · Ji'An, Jiangxi, CN · filing with the SEC since 2020
Grade6.0
◀ Past 6.0● Present 6.7▶ Future 5.1
2 est.

The grade of Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.0/10
◀ Past6.030% of the headline
● Present6.740% of the headline
▶ Future5.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.0/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
5.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2020; the latest 2025-01-27.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 497 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s filings since 2020 show 2 warning events: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2025-01-27) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+185.1% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 2 of 6.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 323 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $33 million in fiscal 2019 to $18 billion in fiscal 2025, up 185.1% a year; it rose in 2 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 45% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 2 of 6 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span185.1%top 3% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 17% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak44.7%top 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
5.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 5.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 295 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 295 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
family median, 295 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 5.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 295 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.7/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -7%: lost 7¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 19%: owes 19¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 61st percentile among 473 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc. lost about 7 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 9 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 19 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 30% of its family
  • return on equitytop 19% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
8.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 12% of 315 in its family; net margin -20.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 88th percentile among 315 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s standing among 315 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $18 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 3% by size; a net margin of -20.6% ranks in the top 32%; revenue growth of 663% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 2% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$17.86Btop 3% of its family
  • net margin-20.6%top 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth663.0%top 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
5.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.0/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 371 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 371 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
family median, 371 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s leadership is put at 5.0 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 371 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 38% of 273 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 273 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $34 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 48.5% of its assets as net cash, top 33% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -29.8% of revenue (top 40%); a gross margin of 35.3% (bottom 20%); research spending of 3.8% of revenue (bottom 5%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets48.5%top 33% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-29.8%top 40% of its family
  • gross margin35.3%bottom 20% of its family
  • research spending against revenue3.8%bottom 5% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 19% of 306 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 81st percentile among 306 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 663% a year over the last three filed years against 185.1% over all 7, speeding up (top 1% of its family); the newest year grew -22.4% (bottom 26%); research spending grew 344.4% a year (top 1%); capital spending grew 1316.4% a year (top 1%) (its annual reports). Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Revenue From Sales of Selfmanufactured TCMD Products at $13 billion (74%), Revenue From Sales of Thirdparty Products at $4.6 billion (26%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+478.0 points a yeartop 1% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-22.4%bottom 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending344.4%top 1% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending1316.4%top 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 35% of 233 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 233 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $18 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 96.8% below the $550 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 2% of its family); net income of $3.7 billion against a prior three-year average of $5.1 billion (top 43%); a net margin of -20.6% against -26% before (bottom 44%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-96.8%bottom 2% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+28%top 43% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+5.4 pointsbottom 44% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton UPC · research, not advice